Investigation of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of apple using green fluorescent protein: High transient expression and low stable transformation suggest that factors other than T-DNA transfer are rate-limiting

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 549-559

  Maximova, Siela N ^a   Dandekar, Abhaya M ^b   Guiltinan, Mark J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Apple; GFP; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; APPLE; CULTIVAR; DELICIOUS; FLUORESCENT LABELING; GENE TRANSFER; GOLDEN DELICIOUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREENSLEEVES; ROYAL GALA;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; ROSALES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032104808     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006041313209     Document Type: Article

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